List of Saskatchewan Roughriders head coaches
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan, and are members of the West Division in the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club was founded in 1910 as the Regina Rugby Club and began as a member of the Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union.[1] They were a founding member of the CFL when it was formed in 1958. The current Roughriders head coach is Corey Mace, the general manager is Jeremy O'Day, and the current president and chief executive officer for the community-owned team is Craig Reynolds.
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Head coaches
Note: Statistics are current through the end of the 2024 CFL season.
| # | Name | Term[b] | GC | W | L | T | PTS | Win% | PGC | PW | PL | PWin% | Achievements[2] |
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| 1 | Fred Ritter | 1911–1913 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | .833 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | |
| 2 | Frank Townsend | 1914 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 3 | Hick Abbott | 1915–1916 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 4 | Jerry Crapper | 1919–1921 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.000 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | |
| 5 | Jack Eadie | 1922–1923 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .875 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | |
| 6 | Ed Dolan | 1924 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| 7 | Doc Blackwood | 1925 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | |
| 8 | Howie Milne | 1926–1928 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.000 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .857 | |
| 9 | Al Ritchie† | 1929–1933 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 43 | .896 | 17 | 12 | 5 | .706 | |
| 10 | Greg Grassick | 1934 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | |
| - | Al Ritchie† | 1935 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| 11 | Dean Griffing | 1936–1941 | 50 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 47 | .470 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | |
| 12 | Don King/Lindsay Holt | 1945 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | |
| 13 | Ken Preston† | 1946–1947 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 10 | .313 | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | Fred Grant | 1948–1950 | 40 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 38 | .475 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .300 | |
| 15 | Harry Smith | 1951 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | .571 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | |
| 16 | Glenn Dobbs | 1952 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | .188 | — | — | — | — | |
| 17 | Frank Filchock | 1953–1957 | 80 | 41 | 35 | 4 | 86 | .538 | 11 | 4 | 6 | .409 | |
| 18 | George Terlep | 1958–1959 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 16 | .320 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | |
| 19 | Frank Tripucka | 1959 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .143 | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | Ken Carpenter | 1960 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 6 | .188 | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | Steve Owen | 1961–1962 | 32 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 28 | .438 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1962 Annis Stukus Trophy winner |
| 22 | Bob Shaw | 1963–1964 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 34 | .531 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | |
| 23 | Eagle Keys† | 1965–1970 | 96 | 68 | 25 | 3 | 139 | .724 | 17 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 1968 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 54th Grey Cup championship |
| 24 | Dave Skrien | 1971–1972 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 35 | .547 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | |
| 25 | John Payne | 1973–1976 | 64 | 40 | 23 | 1 | 81 | .633 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .500 | |
| 26 | Jim Eddy | 1977–1978 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 20 | .370 | — | — | — | — | |
| 27 | Walt Posadowski | 1978 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | .409 | — | — | — | — | |
| 28 | Ron Lancaster | 1979–1980 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 8 | .125 | — | — | — | — | |
| 29 | Joe Faragalli | 1981–1983 | 38 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 35 | .434 | — | — | — | — | 1981 Annis Stukus Trophy winner |
| 30 | Reuben Berry | 1983–1984 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 21 | .403 | — | — | — | — | |
| 31 | Jack Gotta | 1985–1986 | 34 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 23 | .338 | — | — | — | — | |
| 32 | John Gregory | 1987–1991 | 79 | 35 | 43 | 1 | 71 | .449 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1989 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 77th Grey Cup championship |
| 33 | Don Matthews† | 1991–1993 | 47 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 50 | .532 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | |
| 34 | Ray Jauch | 1994–1995 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 34 | .472 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| 35 | Jim Daley | 1996–1998 | 54 | 18 | 36 | 0 | 36 | .333 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | |
| 36 | Cal Murphy† | 1999 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | .167 | — | — | — | — | |
| 37 | Danny Barrett | 2000–2006 | 126 | 57 | 68 | 1 | 115 | .456 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | |
| 38 | Kent Austin | 2007 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 24 | .667 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2007 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 95th Grey Cup championship |
| 39 | Ken Miller | 2008–2010 | 54 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .602 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | |
| 40 | Greg Marshall | 2011 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .125 | — | — | — | — | |
| - | Ken Miller | 2011 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | .400 | — | — | — | — | |
| 41 | Corey Chamblin | 2012–2015 | 63 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 58 | .460 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2013 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 101st Grey Cup championship |
| 42 | Bob Dyce | 2015 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .333 | — | — | — | — | |
| 43 | Chris Jones | 2016–2018 | 54 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 54 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | |
| 44 | Craig Dickenson | 2019–2023 | 68 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 68 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | |
| 45 | Corey Mace | 2024–present | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 19 | .528 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
Notes
- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Roughriders. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- b Each year is linked to an article about that particular CFL season.
References
- General
"Coaches of the Saskatchewan Roughriders". cfldb. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- Specific
- ^ The history of the Roughriders Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Coach of the Year". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2011.